1991 World Wrestling Championships
# 1991 World Wrestling Championships

The following is the final results of the 1991 World Wrestling Championships. Men's competition were held in Varna, Bulgaria and Women's competition were held in Tokyo, Japan.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 9 | 2 | 6 | 17 |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | China | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Germany | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | France | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Cuba | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Iran | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | South Korea | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Venezuela | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Bulgaria | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | Norway | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 14 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Sweden | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | North Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (22 entries) | Totals (22 entries) | 29 | 29 | 29 | 87 |

## Team ranking

| Rank | Men's freestyle | Men's freestyle | Men's Greco-Roman | Men's Greco-Roman | Women's freestyle | Women's freestyle |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Team | Points | Team | Points | Team | Points |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 90 | Soviet Union | 77 | Japan | 74 |
| 2 | United States | 67 | Bulgaria | 60 | Venezuela | 56 |
| 3 | Iran | 48 | Cuba | 37 | Chinese Taipei | 49 |
| 4 | Germany | 39 | South Korea | 37 | France | 45 |
| 5 | South Korea | 36 | Yugoslavia | 35 | United States | 44 |
| 6 | Bulgaria | 35 | Hungary | 33 | China | 39 |
| 7 | Hungary | 27 | United States | 33 | Soviet Union | 35 |
| 8 | Turkey | 26 | Germany | 32 | Norway | 34 |
| 9 | North Korea | 22 | France | 25 | Sweden | 21 |
| 10 | Canada | 20 | Romania | 23 | South Korea | 20 |

## Medal summary

### Men's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 48 kg | Vugar Orujov Soviet Union | Kim Il North Korea | Kim Jong-shin South Korea |
| 52 kg | Zeke Jones United States | Valentin Yordanov Bulgaria | Vladimir Toguzov Soviet Union |
| 57 kg | Sergey Smal Soviet Union | Brad Penrith United States | Oveis Mallah Iran |
| 62 kg | John Smith United States | Giovanni Schillaci Italy | Gadzhi Rashidov Soviet Union |
| 68 kg | Arsen Fadzaev Soviet Union | Chris Wilson Canada | Valentin Getsov Bulgaria |
| 74 kg | Amir Reza Khadem Iran | Kenny Monday United States | Nasir Gadzhikhanov Soviet Union |
| 82 kg | Kevin Jackson United States | Jozef Lohyňa Czechoslovakia | Sebahattin Öztürk Turkey |
| 90 kg | Makharbek Khadartsev Soviet Union | Iraklis Deskoulidis Greece | Roberto Limonta Cuba |
| 100 kg | Leri Khabelov Soviet Union | Mark Coleman United States | Heiko Balz Germany |
| 130 kg | Andreas Schröder Germany | Gennady Zhiltsov Soviet Union | Jeff Thue Canada |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 48 kg | Goun Duk-yong South Korea | Reza Simkhah Iran | Sergey Suvorov Soviet Union |
| 52 kg | Raúl Martínez Cuba | Shawn Sheldon United States | Jon Rønningen Norway |
| 57 kg | Rıfat Yıldız Germany | Aleksandr Ignatenko Soviet Union | András Sike Hungary |
| 62 kg | Sergey Martynov Soviet Union | Mehmet Akif Pirim Turkey | Juan Marén Cuba |
| 68 kg | Islam Dugushiev Soviet Union | Marthin Kornbakk Sweden | Stoyan Stoyanov Bulgaria |
| 74 kg | Mnatsakan Iskandaryan Soviet Union | Jaroslav Zeman Czechoslovakia | Yvon Riemer France |
| 82 kg | Péter Farkas Hungary | Todor Angelov Bulgaria | Goran Kasum Yugoslavia |
| 90 kg | Maik Bullmann Germany | Reynaldo Peña Cuba | Harri Koskela Finland |
| 100 kg | Héctor Milián Cuba | Jörgen Olsson Sweden | Sergey Demyashkevich Soviet Union |
| 130 kg | Aleksandr Karelin Soviet Union | Matt Ghaffari United States | Rangel Gerovski Bulgaria |

### Women's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 44 kg | Zhong Xiue China | Marie Ziegler United States | Shoko Yoshimura Japan |
| 47 kg | Miyu Yamamoto Japan | Pan Yanping China | Elisabeth Garcia Norway |
| 50 kg | Martine Poupon France | Shannon Williams United States | Yoko Higashi Japan |
| 53 kg | Zhang Xia China | Yoshiko Endo Japan | Wendy Izaguirre Venezuela |
| 57 kg | Olga Lugo Venezuela | Gudrun Høie Norway | Marine Roy France |
| 61 kg | Brigitte Siffert France | Kimie Hoshikawa Japan | Line Johansen Norway |
| 65 kg | Akiko Iijima Japan | Ine Barlie Norway | Sylvie Thomé France |
| 70 kg | Yayoi Urano Japan | Emmanuelle Blind France | Mirna Martínez Venezuela |
| 75 kg | Liu Dongfeng China | Jeun Kyung-ran South Korea | Liudmila Golikova Soviet Union |

## Participating nations

### Men

494 competitors from 49 nations participated.

* Algeria (1)
* Australia (3)
* Austria (11)
* Belgium (2)
* Brazil (2)
* Bulgaria (20)
* Canada (12)
* China (16)
* Chinese Taipei (17)
* Colombia (1)
* Cuba (10)
* Cyprus (2)
* Czechoslovakia (16)
* Denmark (4)
* Finland (10)
* France (12)
* Germany (20)
* Great Britain (5)
* Greece (19)
* Guam (1)
* Hungary (19)
* India (7)
* Iran (16)
* Israel (8)
* Italy (11)
* Japan (20)
* Jordan (4)
* Latvia (4)
* Mexico (4)
* Mongolia (10)
* Namibia (2)
* Netherlands (7)
* New Zealand (6)
* Nigeria (8)
* North Korea (8)
* Norway (5)
* Philippines (3)
* Poland (20)
* Portugal (6)
* Puerto Rico (1)
* Romania (16)
* South Korea (20)
* Soviet Union (20)
* Spain (9)
* Sweden (9)
* Switzerland (10)
* Turkey (20)
* United States (20)
* Yugoslavia (17)

### Women

64 competitors from 13 nations participated.

* Australia (2)
* China (4)
* Chinese Taipei (9)
* France (5)
* Greece (1)
* Japan (9)
* Netherlands (1)
* Norway (4)
* South Korea (4)
* Soviet Union (5)
* Sweden (5)
* United States (7)
* Venezuela (8)
